DEPARTMENTS

College RowWaiting for the van at Logan Airport—Stats on the new first-year class—The fundraising campaign raised $502 million—And more

SportsFootball: Last year three brothers were nursing injuries in the living room. This fall they fought it out on the field

Beyond CampusFlying: Randy Davis ’76 has chauffeured wolves, emperor penguins and a Catholic saint Dining:Alden Booth ’83 and Lissa Greenough ’83 own The People’s Pint Health: A lawyer and an actor are fighting suicide’s stigmaSecond act: How the U.S. Army led Josh Cole ’99 to medical school Energy: Lois Epstein’83 heads The Wilderness Society’s Arctic Program

Point of ViewNotebook Days: Tess Taylor ’00 said she was “being a writer,” but she felt like a fake

Amherst CreatesTheater: A new play by Ralph Lee ’57 and Robert Bagg ’57 Fiction: Six Years, by Harlan Coben ’84, and The Partner Track, by Helen Wan ’95 Nonfiction: A guide-book to air travelBiography: Michael Gorra ’79 on Henry James

Now and Then

In 1962, back when Amherst men took dates to football games, the home team had its best season in a decade. As reported in the Alumni News, the clincher was the Williams game, which Amherst won 7–0 by scoring with 88 seconds left to play.

This fall, students and alumni cheered from the stands of a renovated Pratt Field, which has artificial turf and a new fieldhouse, press box and track—not to mention the best fans around.

Top photo from Amherst College Archives; bottom photo by Joyzel Acevedo ’15.